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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch, by Talbot Baines Reed This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch Author: Talbot Baines Reed Release Date: April 11, 2007 [EBook #21035] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THREE-GUINEA WATCH *** Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch By Talbot Baines Reed ________________________________________________________________________ This is really a most unusual book. Told, we must imagine, by the watch, we are led through the owner's days at a boys' boarding school, to being stolen, pawned, auctioned, taken to quite another small town, given to a brilliant local boy when he left for Cambridge, lost in a field, found, and through further adventures being taken to India to fight in a battle near Lucknow, finally making its way into the pocket of its original owner, whose life was saved by the watch having deflected a bullet. It's well-told, too, and not too long, at under ten hours. The copy we worked from was very browned, and it was not too easy to do the transcription, but we have done our best: if you find anything obviously wrong, don't hesitate to tell us about it. NH. ________________________________________________________________________ THE ADVENTURES OF A THREE-GUINEA WATCH BY TALBOT BAINES REED CHAPTER ONE. MY INFANCY AND EDUCATION--HOW I WAS SOLD AND WHO BOUGHT ME. "Then you can guarantee it to be a good one to go?" "You couldn't have a better, sir." "And it will stand a little roughish wear, you think?" "I'm sure of it, sir; it's an uncommon strong watch." "Then I'll take it." These few sentences determined my destiny, and from that moment my career may be said to have begun. I am old, and run down, and good for nothing now; but many a time do I find my thoughts wandering back to this far-off day; and remembering all that has befallen me since that eventful moment, I humbly hope my life has not been one to disgrace the good character with which I went out into the world. I was young at the time, very young--scarcely a month old.
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